Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

TIN/ SYNTHETIC (CELLULOID) COVER

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

5,9 cm

Largeur

4,1 cm

Hauteur

2,4 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Technologie domestique

Catégorie

Contrôle de l'environnement

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Inconnu

Pays

United Kingdom

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Période

C. 1917+

Canada

ITEM FROM COLLECTION OF DENIS B. ALSFORD (1929-2004). BORN IN BRITAIN, MR. ALSFORD WORKED AT BRITISH MUSEUM UNTIL EMIGRATING TO CANADA IN 1968, BECOMING WELL KNOWN FIGURE IN CANADIAN MUSEUM COMMUNITY. HE WAS CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS FOR ETHNOLOGY DIVISION OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MAN IN OTTAWA FOR TWENTY YEARS, PLANNED ARTIFACT STORAGE FACILITY IN NEW MUSEUM OF CIVILISATION IN GATINEAU WHICH OPENED IN 1989, & WAS FELLOW OF CANADIAN MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION. HIS COLLECTION OF MATCH HOLDERS NUMBERED OVER ONE THOUSAND; HE WAS ACTIVE MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL MATCH SAFE ASSOCIATION & AUTHORED SEVERAL BOOKS & ARTICLES ON SUBJECT (SEE BIOGRAPHY IN 2004.0024 SUPP. INFO.). THIS BRITISH MADE HOLDER COMBINES THEMES OF BRITISH MONARCHY & CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN WORLD WAR I.

Fonction

DECORATIVE COVER FOR MATCHBOX; MATCHES COULD BE USED TO LIGHT CANDLES & LAMPS, START FIRES IN STOVES & FIREPLACES FOR HEATING & COOKING, FOR MELTING SEALING WAX FOR LETTERS, & FOR LIGHTING CIGARETTES, PIPES ETC.

Technique

EXAMPLE OF MATCHBOX GRIP MADE IN BRITISH STYLE, WITH CELLULOID COVERING EDGES OF TIN PLATE. MATCHBOX GRIPS FIRST APPEARED AROUND TURN OF CENTURY. GRIPS MADE OF TIN PLATE WITH CELLULOID COVERS DISPLAYING DESIGNS WERE FIRST PRODUCED IN BRITAIN IN 1911 BUT DID NOT BECOME POPULAR UNTIL WWI & WERE MADE UNTIL AT LEAST 1954. HUNDREDS OF DESIGNS WERE PRODUCED USING PATRIOTIC THEMES FOR BOTH WORLD WARS, ADVERTISING FOR PRODUCTS & SERVICES, SOUVENIRS OF PLACES & PERSONAGES, & SOME DISPLAYING HUMOUR. THEY WERE ALSO FOUND IN CANADA, AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND, & POSSIBLY IN EUROPE (REF. 2).

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

GREEN LETTERING ON GREEN PANEL READS "Canada"/ BLUE LETTERING ON SIDE READS "EUROPEAN WAR'/ CANADIAN CONTINGENT" & "British Made"

Manque

APPEARS COMPLETE

Fini

WHITE COVERING WITH GREEN PANEL ON ONE SIDE

Décoration

MULTICOLOURED MAPLE LEAF DESIGN WITH BRITISH CORONATION CROWN WITH WHITELETTERING READING "CANADA" ON BLUE RIBBON, ALL ON GREEN PANEL/ MULTICOLOURED 6 FLAG DESIGN (FLAGS OF SIX ALLIES OF WWI) ON WHITE SIDE WITH LETTERING "DIEU / ET MON/ DROIT"